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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after casting vote for the election of Vice President at Parliament house on August 7, 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sunil Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)'

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after casting vote for the election of Vice President at Parliament house on August 7, 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sunil Saxena/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)'

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi receives a plough from party leader Ajay Maken while Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi receives a plough from party leader Ajay Maken while Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being felicitated by the farmers during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being felicitated by the farmers during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being felicitated by the farmers during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being felicitated by the farmers during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi pours water for former prime minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi pours water for former prime minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AK Antony during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AK Antony during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former prime minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with former prime minister Manmohan Singh during the farmers rally (Kisan-Khet Mazdoor Rally) to galvanise protests against National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) land acquisition law at Ramlila Maidan on April 19, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Druing a rally, Rahul Gandhi said, 'I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist friends.' Sonia Gandhi said that the voice of India's farming community can never be silenced or suppressed, and any attempt to do so, would be countered with all the power at her command. She accused the Modi government of adding insult to the injury of farmers by bringing the land ordinance.

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Indian Congress president Sonia Gandhi (C) receives a plough from party leader Ajay Maken as former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh (R) looks on during a rally in New Delhi on April 19, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied April 19, 2015, his government has ignored the poor since storming to power as thousands of struggling farmers protested in the Indian capital against his overhaul of land-buying laws. Beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused Modi of being beholden to big business at the expense of poor farmers during the mass rally in New Delhi against the government's contentious land bill. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN

Indian Congress president Sonia Gandhi (C) receives a plough from party leader Ajay Maken as former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh (R) looks on during a rally in New Delhi on April 19, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied April 19, 2015, his government has ignored the poor since storming to power as thousands of struggling farmers protested in the Indian capital against his overhaul of land-buying laws. Beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused Modi of being beholden to big business at the expense of poor farmers during the mass rally in New Delhi against the government's contentious land bill. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN

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Indian Congress Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi (L) waves to supporters as former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh looks on during a rally in New Delhi on April 19, 2015. Beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi led a rally of thousands of farmers in the Indian capital April 19, 2015, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial overhaul of laws on land-buying. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN

Indian Congress Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi (L) waves to supporters as former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh looks on during a rally in New Delhi on April 19, 2015. Beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi led a rally of thousands of farmers in the Indian capital April 19, 2015, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial overhaul of laws on land-buying. AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN